Affairs Quote by Monica Johnson

Americans are so egocentric.

— Mark Kurlansky

American straightforwardness is almost as disarming as Americans invariably think it is.

— Lorraine Hansberry

Americans often have trouble enjoying the present moment.

— Alan Dundes

And in this relentlessly unfolding series of interactions, the U.S. has played a very distinctive role, which most Americans have been either shielded from…

— Edward Said

Okay, so what we really have to recognize and own as Americans is that our way of being is itself perhaps the greatest threat…

— Jerry Brown

Americans are once again looking outward

— Dan Rather

Remember, we are all one country now. Dismiss from your mind all sectional feeling, and bring them up to be Americans.

— Robert E. Lee

Americans have a special horror of giving up control, of letting things happen in their own way without interference.

— William S. Burroughs

As Americans we like to believe that we're loved in international politics or that people like what we're doing. But we also recognize that…

— Condoleezza Rice

I imagine that all Americans have a unique relationship in their individual present to their collective past and how that relationship might shape their…

— Steve Cosson

The Americans are and remain our best friends, but this is absolutely not right. We can't simply return to business as usual.

— Thomas de Maiziere

Americans need to see people who are honestly trying to learn from each other, even as we make our own points powerfully and fight…

— Van Jones